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Article “,” Interview by Volker Janssen Published in Abstract Having worked on early air-defense missile systems and associated radar equipment, engineer Harold A. Rosen realized that the...

Article “” by Published in Abstract Before the rise of the Internet, newsletters prepared by consultants were a key source of information for anyone needing to know what...

Article “,” Interview by Christopher Gainor Published in Abstract Story Musgrave’s 30 years as a NASA astronaut count as arguably the most remarkable career for an astronaut...

Article “” by Published in Abstract The year 2020 saw the end of the long gap between launches of crewed spacecraft from American soil when the first...

Article “,” Interview by Tom Jones Published in Abstract Captain (USNR ret.) Kathryn D. Sullivan, PhD, flew on three Shuttle scientific research missions and was the first...

Article “,” interview by Howard E. McCurdy Published in Abstract General Samuel C. Phillips was an Army Air Forces fighter pilot during WWII and stayed in the...

Article “,” Interview by Glen E. Swanson Published in Abstract George R. Carruthers was the principal designer of the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph that was placed on the...

Article “,” Interview by Robert Sherrod, Ivelisse Rodriguez, and Stewart Rosenbaum Published in Abstract John Young had one of the most remarkable careers of America’s early astronauts...